RACP Congress 2018 registrations now open
Date published:
13 Oct 2017
Disruptive innovation in healthcare is already happening. How we address issues within our healthcare systems is evolving, but are we doing enough? Are we delivering what’s best for our patients, do we know what’s happening out there in medicine, are we prepared to remain relevant in the healthcare systems of the future? These are just some of the questions being asked at RACP Congress 2018.
RACP Congress 2018 will be faster with more interactive stream sessions using TED style talks, workshops, video presentations and new technologies.
Physicians, paediatricians and trainees from all Divisions, Faculties and Chapters are invited to tackle important and contentious issues that will shape the delivery of healthcare in the future.
The key topics for 2018 include:
- how technology is disrupting the health sector
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mental health of doctors
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disruption and sustainable health care
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medically unexplained symptoms.
We hope you walk away from Congress knowing a lot more than you did when you arrived, leave feeling energised, entertained and stimulated to make a change and make a difference.
We are excited to announce the following orators:
Dr David Pencheon, Director of the National Health Service (NHS) Sustainable Development Unit, United Kingdom, will be exploring disruption for sustainable health care in the Opening Keynote Oration on Monday morning.
The Priscilla Kincaid-Smith Oration is being presented by Professor Helena Teede, developer of the programs Women in Medicine and Women in Leadership. Professor Teede will be focusing on women in medicine, its critical component of disruption, its identity and its interaction with the broader health system.
The Howard Williams Medal presentation has been awarded to Professor David Forbes for his outstanding contribution to improving the health of children and young people in Australia or New Zealand. Professor Forbes trained in paediatrics and gastroenterology and nutrition in Perth and Calgary.
Professor Alistair Woodward, Head of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Auckland, will be covering the public health topic of climate change in the Redfern Oration.
The George Burniston Oration will be presented by Associate Professor Michael Pollack, Staff Specialist, John Hunter Hospital, who will be discussing the shifting definitions of health, illness and the role of rehabilitation.